Sentences with phrase «stated practices protect»

A lawyer must exercise due care in selecting an e-mail service provider to ensure that its policies and stated practices protect client confidentiality.

Not exact matches

More than half of all states have laws that protect smokers against discrimination in hiring practices, according to the American Lung Association.

of all states have laws that protect smokers against discrimination in hiring practices, according to the American Lung Association.

The SEC promotes full public disclosure, protects investors against fraudulent and manipulative practices in the market, and monitors corporate takeover actions in the United States.

While the Securities and Exchange Commission is explicitly tasked with investor protection, the CFTC's stated mission is to «protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity futures and options and to foster open, competitive, and financially sound commodity futures and option markets.»

Uber, meanwhile, has responded to the report, stating that tracking is considered to be a common practice in the industry for preventing fraud and protecting accounts from being compromised.

Canada's case challenges the United States» use of tariffs to punish unfair trade practices and protect its markets, saying those actions violate World Trade Organization rules.

In the past decade, the US had been ramping up the use of targeted tariffs to help protect the US steel industry from unfair trading practices, which include selling steel in the United States at a cheaper price than the price the exporting country sells it elsewhere (this is called «dumping»).

It is important that your current and pending intellectual property be fully protected by state and federal law to insure your rights to practice your technology and / or provide a competitive advantage.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

According to a 2013 press release that explained the new QM rules, CFPB officials stated: «The rule also protects borrowers from risky lending practices such as «no doc» and «interest only» features that contributed to many homeowners ending up in delinquency and foreclosure after the 2008 housing collapse.»

It's supposedly a move to protect the US steel industry from foreign competition, but in practice, it makes no sense as policy — instead setting up the United States for a disadvantaged economy and a trade war.

Fundamentalist Mormons, Muslims, and others argue that federal and state statutes on religious freedom protect the practice.

Such concerns prompted the Arizona legislature to pass a bill this spring that would have made that state the first to explicitly protect professionals from having their license or certification revoked because of religious practices.

Although the problem of the provincial converts, the mawali, was solved by the disappearance of the tribal structure, the problem of the protected persons, the zimmi, has been solved in the Muslim states of modern times simply by deviating from the practice of old Islamic society.

A child who is restrained according to best practices will be well - protected and in compliance with the laws in any state.

Policies and practices in the United States and beyond must continue to focus on supporting and protecting women to breastfeed their own children.

In 1981, Member States of the World Health Organization adopted the International Code of Marketing of Breast - milk Substitutes, with the aim to protect, promote and support appropriate infant and young child feeding practices.

The ways pediatricians can protect, promote, and support breastfeeding in their individual practices, hospitals, medical schools, and communities are delineated, and the central role of the pediatrician in coordinating breastfeeding management and providing a medical home for the child is emphasized.3 These recommendations are consistent with the goals and objectives of Healthy People 2010,4 the Department of Health and Human Services» HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding, 5 and the United States Breastfeeding Committee's Breastfeeding in the United States: A National Agenda.6

We initiated a recycling program for facilities and parks, developed an integrated pest management program aimed at reducing use of pesticides and herbicides on playing fields and lawns, later banned smoking in District buildings and vehicles before that practice became state law, and continued to protect our natural areas through local leadership.

Thatcherism nevertheless has a strong state as a feature of its ideological matrix: the legal order of state was autonomous from the independently generated social structure of associations and moral practices comprising the community which the state protected.

With a primary focus on New York State, the organization also advocates at the local and national levels for sensible gun laws, policies and practices to protect New York State residents from gun violence.

«Being the prime sponsor of legislation to ban this practice and the only openly LGBT member of the State Senate,» Hoylman said, «I am extremely grateful to Governor Cuomo for using his executive authority to cut off state support and protect LGBT children from destructive and discredited sexual orientation change efforts.&rState Senate,» Hoylman said, «I am extremely grateful to Governor Cuomo for using his executive authority to cut off state support and protect LGBT children from destructive and discredited sexual orientation change efforts.&rstate support and protect LGBT children from destructive and discredited sexual orientation change efforts.»

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, in a February 6 press release, rebuked some of the town of Olive's management practices, stating that, «Internal controls over information technology do not adequately protect the town's electronic data.

Articles 3, 35 and 41 of the 1992 Constitution enjoin every citizen to defend the Constitution; the State and citizens to take steps to eradicate corruption practices and the abuse of power; to uphold the Constitution and the law; and for citizens to protect and preserve public property and expose and combat misuse and waste of public funds and property.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last month a plan to protect consumers from deceptive business practices in the retail energy service industry.

In response to an industry - wide review conducted by the New York State Public Service Commission, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last month a plan to protect consumers from deceptive business practices in the retail energy service induState Public Service Commission, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last month a plan to protect consumers from deceptive business practices in the retail energy service industate Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last month a plan to protect consumers from deceptive business practices in the retail energy service industry.

He will endeavor to protect the people of the state by reforming unfair market practices in the financial sector while, at the same time, ensuring faith in our own public sector.»

«The Senate took action today on two bills designed to further protect and enhance women's rights in the Empire State, including legislation to help put an end to the despicable practice of human trafficking,» Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos said.

«The Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs will give New York State the strongest standards and practices in the nation for protecting those who are often the most vulnerable to abuse and mistreatment,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Protect local democracy and democratic rights by commissioning a thorough review of federal preemption law and its impact on the practice of local democracy in the United States.

«These provisions could threaten everything from Buy America contracting provisions to New York State's ban on hydro - fracking and setting discounted prices for vital prescription drugs to regulations to protect consumer from noxious financial industry practices,» they wrote.

He said the new agency «will give New York State the strongest standards and practices in the nation for protecting those who are often the most vulnerable to abuse and mistreatment.»

As the population of cyclists in the United States shifts to an older demographic, further investments in infrastructure and promotion of safe riding practices are needed to protect bicyclists from injury.»

Authoritarian states like to tweak their technical infrastructure, their national laws and their firewalls to «protect sovereignty in cyberspace», as they like to say — which in practice means protecting intellectual property thieves from foreign pressure and rounding up dissidents at home.

In response to further questions by Sen. Joni Ernst (R - IA), Pruitt said he would not regulate «ordinary farming practices» under regulations designed to protect the waters of the United States.

Regrettably, Collins never explicitly states whether he believes the moral «challenges» that current IVF practices present to the principle that human life should be protected are sufficient to warrant embryo - destructive research.

The HSE states that «striking the right balance between protecting pupils from risk and allowing them to learn from school trips is essential for realising all these benefits in practice.»

The Phantom Menace: Policies that Protect Districts from Declining or Low Enrollments, Drive Up Spending and Inhibit Adaptation In this paper, part of the Productivity for Results Series published by George W. Bush Institute, authors Jon Fullerton and Marguerite Roza examine the curious practice of states funding school districts for...

Under this «disparate impact analysis,» once federal officials determine that the distribution of any resource disadvantages a protected minority, schools must not only «demonstrate that the policy or practice is necessary to meet an important educational goal,» but also show that there is no «comparably effective alternative policy or practice that would meet the school district's stated educational goal with less of a discriminatory effect.»

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Georgia must pass a constitutional amendment so that the state can authorize charter schools and protect the longstanding practice that public education is a shared effort by state and local entities.

While nothing stops states from designing easier tests and lowering cut scores from one year to the next — practices that many experts say New York State has engaged in — NAEP exams, given nationally, are protected from such ploys.

However, Plank said that it is common practice to share data with researchers while protecting student privacy and that many states do so.

However, (at least in 49 of the United States) the seller of goods is protected (in a fashion) by the standards and practices embodied in Uniform Commercial Code; and Procter & Gamble is in a bit better bargaining position with Winn Dixie when it comes to contract language governing product placement and removal.

According to a 2013 press release that explained the new QM rules, CFPB officials stated: «The rule also protects borrowers from risky lending practices such as «no doc» and «interest only» features that contributed to many homeowners ending up in delinquency and foreclosure after the 2008 housing collapse.»

Debtors in New York are protected against unfair collections practices mainly under two different laws: the New York State Debt Collection Procedures Law and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

They highlighted it was the primary role of the state to protect its citizens from fraudulent, unfair and deceptive practices.

To encourage economic growth and home ownership, the state recently enacted several lending laws meant to protect consumers from anti-predatory lending practices.

Beyond that, a bipartisan group of 25 state attorneys general warned in a strongly worded letter last fall that the department could not legally abridge powers that the states have long had to protect citizens from fraudulent business practices.